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> It would not be surprising if cloud providers (major power users) are being asked to not increase (or even decrease) power usage. I doubt it. It will be easi
by arcturus17 4y ago
> It would not be surprising if cloud providers (major power users) are being asked to not increase (or even decrease) power usage.
I doubt it. It will be easier - and probably safer - to ask citizens and physical industry (eg, factories) to bear the brunt than to risk having problems in critical IT infrastructure. Ask people and factories to turn the heat 3 degrees down and the effects will be more or less predictable. Asking to shut compute power down at random will have unpredictable consequences.
- Nemo_bis 4y agoIt's not about shutting down existing machines. The power grid operator might be less willing to approve upgrades to serve increases in capacity. (No idea whether that's the case.)
- Nemo_bis 4y agoSomeone else confirmed my guess https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33744179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33744179
- arcturus17 4y agoThat makes more sense.